are you passing candy/treats out? what are you handing out? and....more importantly, do you secretly wish that you'll only get enough trick-or-treaters to give out half of it, so you can polish the rest off? ;)

Friday, October 28, 2011

Welcome to the 1st installment of 'fashionable friend' Friday!My first guest is my good friend Lynn. She's quite the little fashionista, and loves to shop, so she was an easy pick!

A few weeks back I met her at her place, and she let me take pictures of some of her favorite things..which was really fun. We then headed over to Cantina Laredo for dinner....and it was delicioso! The space is very cool, and we hands down had the most attentive waiter ever.....I'm talking a ridiculous amount of trips to see how we were doing. ;)

While we dined on our fabulous food, I did a little interview with Lynn.

handed down to Lynn from her Aunt Florence (picture doesn't do the necklaceand earring justice..they are gorgeous!)

mixing high and low.....old navy blouse with missoni printed pant

brian atwood heels

brian atwood - rear view

snapshot of some fun rings

fantastic pearl necklace - one of lynn's favorites

Ah, Tiffany...

sparkles from JCrew

the famous red-soled heels.....

old canon displayed in lynn's living room

great wall with crosses lynn has collected over the years (2 from me..picked up in AZ)

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

It has officially been 4 years since we finished our kitchen expansion/redesign....let's just say the 12+ weeks sans a working kitchen was well worth it. True to the cliche, it's the one place that EVERYONE gathers in when we have people over...and I love it.

Even though I love our kitchen, I still find myself crushing on others all of the time. Here are some of my favorites.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

I have always been a fan of penny loafers (yes, I even wore them in high school), and often sport a pair of Bass Weejuns with anything from jeans to skirts and dresses. I would love a new pair...and have been eyeing the ones below.

And then the purses........say hello to the Edie and the Rigby by JCrew.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Music is huge. For me, it plays a big part of everyday. Whether it be listening to music in my car (hello, the commute on the Kennedy lately sucks!), in my office while I'm working, or when I'm making dinner at home (that's only on weekends)...

I often wonder what the soundtrack to my life would be....I clearly have all sorts of favorite songs, but here are some that are getting some major playtime....some old...some new...

Go to sleep - Dan DarrahYou are the best thing - Ray LaMontagneWe're all in this together - Ben LeeStereo Hearts - Gym Class Heros (featuring Adam Levine)P.Y.T. - Michael JacksonNever die young - James TaylorPumped up kicks - Foster the PeopleShe ain't you - Chris BrownBaila me - The Gipsy Kings40 dogs (like Romeo & Juliet) - Bob SchneiderHalf of my heart - John MayerThis must be the place - The Talking HeadsTeenage dream - Katy PerryBlackbird - Originally sung by The Beatles, but I love the Glee versionBest thing I never had - Beyonce Lovely day - Bill Withers (an oldie, but a goodie)

what's on your playlist these days? would any of those songs make your life soundtrack list?

Friday, October 7, 2011

This weekend, Sunday to be exact some 45,000 people will descend upon the streets of Chicago and run 26.2 miles. 26.2....wow.

One of my closest friends (my bestie) Matt is one of those 45,000, and I couldn't be prouder. He's trained all summer...and was even lucky enough to do one of his longest runs through London a few weeks back. I asked him yesterday if he was nervous, and his response was a simple "I just want to run"......and I thought to myself, what a great answer.

All of my good energy will be sent his way early Sunday morning, and in case he needs a boost...a little song to help him out:

Good luck also to Brent, Megan, Traci, Hutton and Sally.........run your @sses off everyone!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Meet Scott Schuman, creator of The Sartorialist.....the blog that started it all for me. I stumbled across it one day back in 2009 and that was it. I was hooked. Scott began The Sartorialist with the idea of creating a two-way dialogue about the world of fashion and its relationship to daily life. He is a blogger / journalist / photographer.

I have often shared random pictures from his blog with friends.

Intel did a short video on Scott and he describes his process for selecting shots. I've seen the video several times, but there is one particular sentence that moves me every single time (so much so that the first time I heard it I wrote it down..I'm a nerd that way)....

"it seems odd, but you know, it's almost like going out there and letting yourself fall in love a little bit every day.....letting yourself be seduced a little bit every day..."

Sunday, October 2, 2011

So, this little idea of me starting a blog has been cooking for awhile (even if I didn't know it at the time). I am a huge fan of blogs and have a laundry list that I visit each day..some may find that odd, I find them to be inspirational. Last weekend while perusing one of these aforementioned blogs a light bulb went off in my head...why not start one?!

And here we are.

What will this little blog entail? Well, I'm hoping to share tidbits of my life, fashion, fun places to go, DIY projects, friends (I have some crazy stylish ones who I hope to bribe into being shown on here), etc. I hope you'll stop by and enjoy. :)